Boris Gromov

Boris Gromov (born 7 November 1943) was a Colonel General of the Soviet Union and Governor of Moscow Oblast from 2000 to 2012.

Biography
Gromov was born in Saratov in the Soviet Union in 1943 and commanded the Soviet 40th Army in the Soviet-Afghan War from 1987 to 1989. In 1991 he ran for Vice President of the Russian Communist Party, but in 1994 he retired from the army. A year later he joined the Duma, and became the Governor of Moscow Oblast from 2000 to 2012.